Culinary utensil.



M. A. TAYLOR.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJO. I9l4.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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MAMIE A. TAYLOR, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2'?, 1915..

Application filed August 10, 1914, SeralNo. 855,963.

To all whom t may concern: v

Be it known that I, MAMIE A. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and4 State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Utensils;andI do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to improvements in culinary utensils and consistsof the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

The object of the invention is to produce a culinary vutensil for use inconnection with cooking pots and pans whereby scorching or burning ofthearticle being. cooked is obviated.

Another object of the invention is to produce such a. utensil as will beapplicable to and adjustable for use with pots and pans of differentsizes, without the necessity of having the same made up of a number `ofseparable parts. l

Still another object of the invention is to produce a cheap and sanitaryculinary utensil of few parts, the need of which has been long felt inevery kitchen.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a cooking pot orpan with a part of the side wall thereof broken away to more clearlyillustrate my improved culinary utensil in use in connection therewith.Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved culinary utensil, showing thesame in its normal position and rea-dy for use in connection with arelativelysmall sized cooking pot or pan. Fig. 3 is a similar view,illustrating the parts when in extended adjustable position for use inconnection with a cooking pan of relatively large size. Fig. 4: is abottom plan view of the device with the parts in the same position asillustrated'in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view, theplane of the section being indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In general, my improved culinary utensil comprises a plurality ofsuperposed perforated disks, each of whichis provided with suitablesupporting legs, said disks being so arranged as to be adjustablyextended in a longitudinal direction with relation to each other, sothat the device as a Whole may be made to accommodate cooking pots andpans of diiferentsizes. Suitable handles are provided so that theutensil as a whole and with Y 1t the article being cooked may be removedvided with a plurality of perforations 10,

11a and for the sake of clearness, only a few of the said perforationshave been illustrated in Figs. 2 to 4, inclusive, although saidperforations are providedk over the ywhole area of each disk as isindicated in Fig. 1.

The disk llwhich in this case is the lowermost disk, is provided withtwo longitudinally extending, parallel slots 12, 12. Said slots extendalmost to the peripheral edge of said disk and are spaced apart an equaldistance on each side of the center of said disk. Y

Fixed to the disk 10 near the periphery thereof and spaced apart adistance equal the distance between the slots 12, 12 in the disk 11 arerivet studs 13, 13. There is preferably provided a single stud 13 foreach slot 12 and said studs are so arranged that the body 13a thereofextends through each associated slot 12j The projecting end of eachrivet 13 is then upset to form a head 13b which engages that part of thedisk 11 defining the walls of the slot 12.` In this manner, said studs1'3, 13 coact with the slots 12, 12 to maintain said disk in propersuperposed relation, yet permitting a limited extensible adjustment in alongitudinal direction of one disk relative to the other, in rthe planeof the slots 12, 12.

14E, 14 indicates depending stud members which are rigidly fixed to thedisk 11 in line with the slots 12, 12 near the peripheral edge thereof.Said studs constitute legs to support said disk a suitable distanceabove the lbottom wall ofthe cooking pot or pan in connection with whichit is used. The disk k10 is provided with a pair of similar legs prisingforked arms 16, 17, the ends of which are bent to form eyes 16h, 17beach of which project through a pair of the perforations 10, 11a in therespective disks 10 and l1. Each handle is capable of a swingingmovement about its point of attachment to its associated disk. Theopposite end of said handles are formed to provide loops 16C, 17 bymeans oi which the device as a whole may be removed from the cookingutensil in -which it is used. When used in connection with a cooking potof comparatively small sise and also to save space when not in use thesaid disks are adjusted or telescopcd so that the peripheral edges ofsaid disks coincide. To accommodate such movement, each of said disks 10and 11 are notched on that peripheral edgev opposite their associatedhandles 16 and 17, as indicated at 10b and 11b, and when said disks arein the position `shown in Fig. 3, (wherein their peripheral edgescoincide,) the eyes 1Gb and 17" of each handle 16, 17 project into theirassociated notches 1Gb, 11b. The disk 11 is also provided in itsperiphery adjacent the notches 11b Vwith pair of notches 1l, 11, saidnotches being arranged in line with and adapted to receive the legs 15,15 iixed to the disk l0.

The use and operation of my improved culinary utensil is as follows: InFig. 1, I

have illustrated my device as being used in connection with an ordinarycooking vessel 20. In this instance, the said vessel has a bottom wallwhich is larger in diameter than the diameter of the disks and toaccommodate such a condition, I have illustrated the disks 10 and 11 asbeing in their longitudinal extended position and supported in a planeabove the plane of the bottom wall of said vessel by means of theirassociated legs 1-1, 15 and with their associated handles 16 and 17having their looped ends resting against the side walls thereof.

The article to be cooked is placed upon the disk and the desired amountof water added. Generally, the danger of scorching or burning of thearticle being cooked, lies in the fact that the waterhas boiled away andevaporated, and should the said article being cooked be resting upon thebottom of the cooking vessel, scorching invariably results. But when thearticle being cooked is supported in a plane above the bottom wall ofthe vessel, this cannot happen even though the water has beenevaporated.

My improved culinary utensil permits of a free circulation o1 fluidabout the article being cooked, producing a better cooked ar- `referredto certain details of construction and arrangement, I do not wish to belimited thereto except as may be pointed out in the appended claims. Y

I claim as my invention:

1. A culinary utensil comprising two su- Derposed perforated disks, saiddisks when in one relative position coinciding with each other, one ofsaid disks being provided in its peripheral edge with a plurality ofnotches and in its body with longitudinally extending parallel slots,stud members fixed to the other of said disks coacting with the slots inthe irst mentioned disk to maintain said disk in proper superposedrelation yet permitting a limited telescopic longitudinal adjustmentbetween them in the plane of said slots, and supporting legs attached toeach of said disks, the supporting legs of one disk registering with andbeing adapted to lie within the notches formed in the peripheral edge ofsaid slotted disk when the peripheries of said disks coincide. f

2. A culinary utensil comprising two superposed perforated disks, saiddisks when in one relative position coinciding with each other, each ofsaid disks being provided with a notched periphery and one of* saiddisks having longitudinally extending parallel slots, means rigidlyattached to the other of said disks extending through and coacting withthe slots formed in iirst mentioned disk to maintain said disks inproper superposed relation, yet permitting a telescopic `longitudinaladjustment between them in the plane of said slots, supporting legsattached to each disk, handle members swingingly attached to each disk,the legs of one disk and the handles of both disks registering with andbeing adapted to lie within the notches formed in the peripheral edge ofthe other' disk when the peripheries of said disks coincide.

In testimony, that I, claim the foregoing as my invention I aiiiX mysignature in the vpresence of witnesses, this 3d day of August MAMIE A.TAYLOR.

IVitnesses:

T. H. Anrnnns,

M. MCCARTHY, ETHEL A. KRULEWIGH.

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